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The Statistical Mechanics of Complex Product Development: Empirical and Analytical Results
Braha, Dan; Bar-Yam, Yaneer - EconWPA - 2005
In recent years, understanding the structure and function of complex networks has become the foundation for explaining many different real- world complex biological, technological and informal social phenomena. Techniques from statistical physics have been successfully applied to the analysis of...
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Architectures of Control in Consumer Product Design
Lockton, Daniel - EconWPA - 2005
The idea of architectures of control is introduced through examples ranging from urban planning to digital rights management, and the intentions behind their use in consumer products are examined, with reference to case studies of printer cartridges and proposed ‘optimum lifetime products.’...
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A normative framework of justice in climate change
Grasso, Marco - EconWPA - 2004
attainable. That is the reason why justice plays a major role in favouring collective action against global warming. In this … article I spell out the dominant notions of justice and the consequent criteria of equity for the main domains of global … factor which takes into account all undeserved inequalities, as suggested by Rawls’ theory of justice. With regard to the …
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Asset measurement in the costing of government services
EconWPA; Steering Committee for the Review of … - 2001
Differences in asset measurement techniques can have a major impact on reported capital costs. Their influence on total unit cost depends on the importance of capital costs as a proportion of total costs for the particular service area being studied. In the areas of corrective services, police...
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Exploring the Social and Economic Costs of Abuse in Later lIfe
Spencer, Charmaine - EconWPA - 2000
in health, community, and justice services, as well as private industry (banking, housing, insurance) and government …
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L’expert-comptable judiciaire : un pair de la cour ?
CHARRIER, Emmanuel - EconWPA - 2005
il doit apporter un éclairage strictement limité à sa technique afin que la décision de justice soit prise en toute … Justice. …
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Shared Legacies, Disparate Outcomes: Why American South Border Cities Turned the Tables on Crime and Their Mexican Sisters Did Not
Albuquerque, Pedro H. - EconWPA - 2005
The article evaluates crime trends in south border American and Mexican sister cities using panel data analysis. The region offers a unique assessment opportunity since cities are characterized by shared cultural and historical legacies, institutional heterogeneity, and disparate crime outcomes....
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NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE IN PORTUGUESE HIGHER EDUCATION
Batiz-Lazo, Bernardo; Gomes, Jorge; Mendes, Maria - EconWPA - 2002
This chapter uses key concepts in the knowledge management literature to analyse the procedures and practices used by a project management team to identify, create, store, disseminate, and apply knowledge management systems for successful project completion. This project allowed a long...
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accelereting new product development by overcoming complexity constraints
vassilakis, spyros - EconWPA - 2003
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Does ICT Investment Matter for Growth and Labor Productivity in Transition Economies?
Piatkowski, Marcin - EconWPA - 2004
Following up on a previous paper by the same author on the contribution of ICT capital to growth and labor productivity in Poland 1995-2000, this paper extends the study to eight transition economies: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia. The paper shows that...
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